I fly a 777 from KEWR to EGKK. We didn't used to have WiFi so we would sneak under Delta and steal their signal. Worked great until they broke off the NAT track and headed to Paris.
that's awesome! I usually drive behind the commuter buses that run from DC to VT and my kids stream video on their tablets using the wifi from the bus. :)
Seems very odd that the pilot of a commercial airliner over 1000ft away, just happens to be the only other open airdrop connection between these two aircraft.
Sadly, this aircraft was the very same one that operated as SQ321 LHR-SIN on 21 May 2024 and that encountered extreme turbulence over Irrawady Basin in Myanmar. The plane is still stranded in BKK as I write.
Lou. Cool story Bro. 300m elevation separation. But what is the linear distance between the two planes? 1000meters? 1100meters? :) Based on your answer I will offer my judgment.
AirDrop requires both WiFi for the file transfer and Bluetooth for the creation of the peer-to-peer network. I have my doubts on this video as the effective Bluetooth range with Bluetooth 4.0 maxes out around 100 metres (330 feet), and that's out in the open, not with shielding from the plane.
Nice try but that altitude isn't going to make UHF magically propagate that much better. The upper atmosphere will have an effect on HF frequencies (ie. well below that of Bluetooth) however this has more to do with being able to get a signal to go further around the curvature of the Earth rather than improving line of sight signal propagation.
Disagree, lower air density and lower humidity in the air could play a role. You're right that the inverse square law still applies, so there's a finite limit.
0:38 Wasn't it a bit fast to discover the device? And device name so happened to be SingTriple7? I bet there must be another Apple device in the cockpit. Nice idea though :D
it's possible that there is another device there, which is a more realistic guess. But, the video has been edited, so there is a chance they communicated to change the name and also edited out the part where they were waiting for the phone to discover each other.
Too bad that's totally irrelevant. The point was whether he transferred the photo or not, not when he took it. It could have been a picture of him at high school and it wouldn't have changed anything.
1000ft is about 300m. Class 1 BT (that's what AirDrop (iPhone7) uses, older models use Class 2 BT) has a max range of 100m (usually 20-30m). Also, directly from Apple: “AirDrop is designed to work within a range of approximately 30 feet.” Which is 10m... Also: Why is the other phone called "SingTriple7"? Does the other pilot change his phones name everytime he uses another aircraft?
you know they have iPad for flight information and planning right? also just because a technology has a theoretical limit at sea level and with other congestion doesn't mean it'll be the same at 35000 ft as well.. Also I think you forgot about the international date line.. If you look at his and and the time the photo was taken you can tell that they crossed the international date line.. The iPhone doesn't always need a internet connection to set the time zone, it can use surrounding wifi (from the plane) along with GPS and since it's a time zone, the GPS signal does not need to be very accurate.
Oh wow - none of your 3 statements make sense... 0 of of 3 ... has to be new record. 1) Yes, the use tablets... now what? How does it contribute to the discussion? 2) You have no understandings of physics. BT doesn't get 33 times "stronger" at high altitude. 3) Why would an iPhone need an internet connection to determine its time zone in the first place? It's purly GPS based. Forget about the "Yesterday" - even if he shot it seconds ago (big coincidence passing the time zone), it is just not possible to AirDrop across 1000ft. Not under water, not at 30000ft, not in space - that's not how it works... I'm really not sure if you are a troll... anyway. I've made my point. Believe what you want, it's up to you. If you think it's real, I'm fine with that.
Is this a hoax? You can see the Airplane Mode is turned on in the video. Also no USB link to the iPhone. How could the iPhone send anything without wifi, bluetooth, and USB link?
Yeah I noticed. No wifi but bluetooth was turned on in the video. Even so, how could bluetooth cover such a large distance with intervening barriers like airplane covering?
The title of this video is misleading. Creator is making it seem like it's a video created by Apple. "Apple | " could just as easily been "Furthest Apple Airdrop Ever?"
looks like some kind of jailbreak hack or something, neither the wifi or BT badges are lit up and it's in airplane mode also the recipient comes up pretty much instantly which doesn't happen even in strong connection situations. :/
Doesn't matter. I just ran a test... Turn on Airplane mode, bring up control center, turn bluetooth and WiFi back on. The BT and Wifi symbols don't light up, but the airdrop still works. Confirmed using my work and personal iPhone.
Not an actual "Airdrop" because the bluetooth could never reach. More like a text/file transfer via wi-fi. Also if anyone ever goes off about military jets chemtrailing show them this commercial airliner in this video.
> Not an actual "Airdrop" because the bluetooth could never reach. Says who? There are no obstacles up in the sky, line of sight is 100%, the atmosphere is thinner AND not much other signals. Heck, we can do more than the "official" numbers for bluetooth reach even here on earth...
Air drop does not only use Bluetooth, it also uses Wifi to send the files and with little wifi congestion, curvature of the earth, and the air density at 35000 ft, this is very possible.
So I'm clear, I have to place my device in airplane mode because doing otherwise will fold space, but the pilot gets to do whatever the hell he likes? Nice.
yeah, but people who know Lou know that he's not a bullshitter. I can connect to the wifi at my house when I'm in the pattern for landing at the airport across the street. Just did it yesterday so my son could text a pic from his ipod while in flight.
+Anadrol88 I hope you get thrown from flights then. First, if they don't have fun, they can become bored with dire consequences for the safety of their passengers when needed. Second, at the time of the video, the plane is 100% in autopilot. Pilots do all kinds of things, even nap during that time. There are also always copilots on standby. In other words, you are an idiot...
I fly a 777 from KEWR to EGKK. We didn't used to have WiFi so we would sneak under Delta and steal their signal. Worked great until they broke off the NAT track and headed to Paris.
that's awesome! I usually drive behind the commuter buses that run from DC to VT and my kids stream video on their tablets using the wifi from the bus. :)
amazing
Waaaaa? That's amazing!!! From that far away. Simply EPIC.
Seems very odd that the pilot of a commercial airliner over 1000ft away, just happens to be the only other open airdrop connection between these two aircraft.
They hypoxicated all the passengers, so that no one could interfere
Fantastic Lou!
Beautiful video, congratulations!
Taking a picture of 777 passing by, would be wonderful.
Hugs from Sao Paulo - Brazil
Gosh, that's just freakin' cool!!
As always, what a nice vid. :)
Sadly, this aircraft was the very same one that operated as SQ321 LHR-SIN on 21 May 2024 and that encountered extreme turbulence over Irrawady Basin in Myanmar. The plane is still stranded in BKK as I write.
Didn’t know that. Thanks for the info
@@loub747 I watched your video again over the weekend and noticed the aircraft registration - 9V-SWM.
Incredible ! I love these videos !
That's awesome Lou.
That was neat! Thanks for sharing.
That's a hell of a point to point link
Lou. Cool story Bro.
300m elevation separation. But what is the linear distance between the two planes? 1000meters? 1100meters? :) Based on your answer I will offer my judgment.
No idea about authenticity, but the shot of the plane in the sun was gorgeous.
Thanks for flying through LA Center
Haha, Nice Lou! LIKED!!!
Never seen this before! ;-) Keep it up! Greetz
This is so cool! Oh my god!!!
More like an airhop lol, that's pretty cool though :D
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Airdrop works in airplane mode? 😈
Yes.. It just needs bluetooth and wifi.
Dhrumil Shah (Personal) but you still would see the Wi-Fi & Bluetooth icons on screen. I call 💩
Airplane mode turns off cellular radio band, Bluetooth, wifi and voip/wifi-calling can still be done.
The Wi-Fi icon doesn't appear if it's enabled but not connected to a network. You can also see the Bluetooth icon in the video.
Your statement is incorrect. Blue Tooth does work in airplane mode.
That was actually my plane!
I saw your 747 below us!
Yeah. Fine.
AirDrop requires both WiFi for the file transfer and Bluetooth for the creation of the peer-to-peer network. I have my doubts on this video as the effective Bluetooth range with Bluetooth 4.0 maxes out around 100 metres (330 feet), and that's out in the open, not with shielding from the plane.
Nice try but that altitude isn't going to make UHF magically propagate that much better. The upper atmosphere will have an effect on HF frequencies (ie. well below that of Bluetooth) however this has more to do with being able to get a signal to go further around the curvature of the Earth rather than improving line of sight signal propagation.
Do a quick google search and military pilots have gone on record and said they've also done this..
I've done wifi links and picked up bluetooth activity on a spectrum analyzer easily from 1000 ft. It's definitely possible.
no wifi
Disagree, lower air density and lower humidity in the air could play a role. You're right that the inverse square law still applies, so there's a finite limit.
0:38 Wasn't it a bit fast to discover the device? And device name so happened to be SingTriple7? I bet there must be another Apple device in the cockpit. Nice idea though :D
The onboard iPad on the other flight for flight information and planning
it's possible that there is another device there, which is a more realistic guess. But, the video has been edited, so there is a chance they communicated to change the name and also edited out the part where they were waiting for the phone to discover each other.
Nice!
Apple products are simply great!
Is this for real, Lou?
That so cool!
To bad that it's clearly visible that the photo was taken "Yesterday". (When he selects the photo, look at the top of the screen)
Too bad that's totally irrelevant. The point was whether he transferred the photo or not, not when he took it. It could have been a picture of him at high school and it wouldn't have changed anything.
1000ft is about 300m. Class 1 BT (that's what AirDrop (iPhone7) uses, older models use Class 2 BT) has a max range of 100m (usually 20-30m). Also, directly from Apple: “AirDrop is designed to work within a range of approximately 30 feet.” Which is 10m... Also: Why is the other phone called "SingTriple7"? Does the other pilot change his phones name everytime he uses another aircraft?
you know they have iPad for flight information and planning right? also just because a technology has a theoretical limit at sea level and with other congestion doesn't mean it'll be the same at 35000 ft as well.. Also I think you forgot about the international date line.. If you look at his and and the time the photo was taken you can tell that they crossed the international date line.. The iPhone doesn't always need a internet connection to set the time zone, it can use surrounding wifi (from the plane) along with GPS and since it's a time zone, the GPS signal does not need to be very accurate.
Oh wow - none of your 3 statements make sense... 0 of of 3 ... has to be new record.
1) Yes, the use tablets... now what? How does it contribute to the discussion?
2) You have no understandings of physics. BT doesn't get 33 times "stronger" at high altitude.
3) Why would an iPhone need an internet connection to determine its time zone in the first place? It's purly GPS based. Forget about the "Yesterday" - even if he shot it seconds ago (big coincidence passing the time zone), it is just not possible to AirDrop across 1000ft. Not under water, not at 30000ft, not in space - that's not how it works...
I'm really not sure if you are a troll... anyway. I've made my point. Believe what you want, it's up to you. If you think it's real, I'm fine with that.
How to airdrop from 1000 feet when the official apple support website said only 30 feet max?
does Apple's site say anything about 35000 ft? Also there are military pilots on record saying they've also done this.
I dont work for apple, u want to know airdrop above 35000ft, then send a support ticket. I think they will answer it.
cool
Good times
Is this a hoax? You can see the Airplane Mode is turned on in the video. Also no USB link to the iPhone. How could the iPhone send anything without wifi, bluetooth, and USB link?
Airplane mode allows WiFi and Bluetooth
Yeah I noticed. No wifi but bluetooth was turned on in the video. Even so, how could bluetooth cover such a large distance with intervening barriers like airplane covering?
The title of this video is misleading. Creator is making it seem like it's a video created by Apple. "Apple | " could just as easily been "Furthest Apple Airdrop Ever?"
looks like some kind of jailbreak hack or something, neither the wifi or BT badges are lit up and it's in airplane mode also the recipient comes up pretty much instantly which doesn't happen even in strong connection situations. :/
Doesn't matter. I just ran a test... Turn on Airplane mode, bring up control center, turn bluetooth and WiFi back on. The BT and Wifi symbols don't light up, but the airdrop still works. Confirmed using my work and personal iPhone.
Not an actual "Airdrop" because the bluetooth could never reach. More like a text/file transfer via wi-fi. Also if anyone ever goes off about military jets chemtrailing show them this commercial airliner in this video.
> Not an actual "Airdrop" because the bluetooth could never reach.
Says who? There are no obstacles up in the sky, line of sight is 100%, the atmosphere is thinner AND not much other signals. Heck, we can do more than the "official" numbers for bluetooth reach even here on earth...
Air drop does not only use Bluetooth, it also uses Wifi to send the files and with little wifi congestion, curvature of the earth, and the air density at 35000 ft, this is very possible.
"Airdrop?" ?Que? WTF? Pilotspeak?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop
Thanks. That culture is foreign to me, avoid anything Apple.
Must suck to be ignorant.
"avoid anything Apple." That anti-culture is foreign to me
"avoid anything Apple" how is the Amish life been going?
哈哈哈哈，博主如果你能看懂，我想告诉你你这个视频已经火到中国了。
So I'm clear, I have to place my device in airplane mode because doing otherwise will fold space, but the pilot gets to do whatever the hell he likes? Nice.
His was in airplane mode and then enabled wifi and Bluetooth , all of which is allowed on a plane. I remember my first time flying...
So fucking fake
Nothing to see here. People who actually know how Bluetooth and WiFi works, knows this is fake.
yeah, but people who know Lou know that he's not a bullshitter. I can connect to the wifi at my house when I'm in the pattern for landing at the airport across the street. Just did it yesterday so my son could text a pic from his ipod while in flight.
Faaaaake as fuuuuck.
I hope these pilots get fired, they should care about the safety of the passengers, not having fun in any way.
what a prick you are, and by the way, the guy on the video is flying cargo
PILOTS SHOULD NOT HAVE FUN IN ANY WAY
I.PON3 they should act busy such as shifting to the gears..Pressing the buttons and etc
buttons are there for a reason, not to act busy
+Anadrol88 I hope you get thrown from flights then.
First, if they don't have fun, they can become bored with dire consequences for the safety of their passengers when needed.
Second, at the time of the video, the plane is 100% in autopilot. Pilots do all kinds of things, even nap during that time. There are also always copilots on standby.
In other words, you are an idiot...